Diver Ternova: “Every athlete’s dream is to attend the Olympic Games. It’s a pity that I’m not there.”

Medalist at the European Diving Championships Ruslan Ternovoi told he was upset about the lack of opportunities to compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Russian divers will not participate in the Paris Games. The Russian Diving Federation deemed the entry requirements unacceptable and the Russian team missed the qualifying rounds.

— I didn’t really watch the Olympics, but I know the results. Somewhere there were interesting jumps, somewhere they were rather weak. Interesting and enviable. Well, not so enviable. There are guys I supported and was very happy with. It’s a pity that I’m not there. Experience, competition, scale. The dream of any athlete is to attend the Olympics and win a medal. It’s a pity.

—Where do you find the motivation?

— Many thanks to our federation, Stanislav Vladimirovich Druzhinin. Cash prizes are very motivating.

Just like the sports principle. Rivals from other countries watch us and even write. They see how we jump, so we also try to follow, so that they look at us, do not relax and understand that we can also beat them, “Ternovoy told .

The Paris Olympics will end on August 11.

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